[Robot-assisted Thoracic Surgery for Mediastinal and Chest Wall Tumors:Atypical Surgical Approaches by the Tumor Localization].
Journal:
Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery
PMID:
37475096
Abstract
Surgery for mediastinal and chest wall tumors requires various approaches, including open and thoracoscopic, depending on the size and localization of the tumor. While robotic surgery for anterior mediastinal tumors has become a standardized approach, the approaches for tumors of the superior, middle, and posterior mediastinum, in particular, have not been generalized. Our institution introduced robotic surgery in 2017 and has performed 785 robot-assisted surgeries until November 2022. In this report, we describe our clinical experience with robotic surgery for mediastinal tumors, which required an atypical approach, as well as a case of hybrid robot-assisted extended surgery combined with an open chest procedure for lung cancer with chest wall invasion.